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The Tipping Point In a USA Today interview (10/2/06) on the occasion of Fox News Channel‘s 10th anniversary, Fox chief Roger Ailes recalled being asked at a dinner party, “Isn’t Fox News too conservative?” Ailes related his response: “I said, ‘Are you comfortable with CNN?’ He said, ‘Yes.’ How about CBS, ABC, NBC? ‘Absolutely.’… National […]
The Federal Communications Commission has suppressed reports documenting the negative impact of media consolidation, even as the FCC trumpeted reports that reflect favorably on Commission members’ deregulation campaign. The scandal emerged on September 12, when Sen. Barbara Boxer (D.-Calif.) produced a leaked copy of a 2004 FCC report as she questioned current FCC chair Kevin […]
